Candidate ‘lucky to be alive’ after plane crash

UKIP election candidate Nigel Farage was pulled from the mangled wreckage of a plane with only minor injuries yesterday after an airborne stunt went dramatically wrong.

Former United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage last night spoke about his “miraculous escape” from the light plane crash.

The MEP, who is standing in the British general election for Buckingham, was pulled bloodied and dazed from the crushed cockpit of the plane which was towing a banner bearing the slogan “Vote for your country – Vote Ukip”.